(1) Suns would never do that(2) Well-rounded teams need talented role players. There’s only one ball. A guy like Rozier who doesn’t need the ball in his hand all the time, is an incredible rebounder, and clearly well-liked is more valuable than he appears.(3) As of now, the year Booker would be up for a new contract we’ll likely have to offer Jaylen Brown a max contract. The next year we’ll have to offer Tatum the same. We don’t have enough money!

(1) Suns would never do that(2) Well-rounded teams need talented role players. There’s only one ball. A guy like Rozier who doesn’t need the ball in his hand all the time, is an incredible rebounder, and clearly well-liked is more valuable than he appears.(3) As of now, the year Booker would be up for a new contract we’ll likely have to offer Jaylen Brown a max contract. The next year we’ll have to offer Tatum the same. We don’t have enough money!

It’s certainly too early to be declaring both Brown and Tatum deserving of max contracts.

(1) Suns would never do that(2) Well-rounded teams need talented role players. There’s only one ball. A guy like Rozier who doesn’t need the ball in his hand all the time, is an incredible rebounder, and clearly well-liked is more valuable than he appears.(3) As of now, the year Booker would be up for a new contract we’ll likely have to offer Jaylen Brown a max contract. The next year we’ll have to offer Tatum the same. We don’t have enough money!

It’s certainly too early to be declaring both Brown and Tatum deserving of max contracts.

Only slightly too early. Given their age, draft pedigree, current production, and year-to-year growth in the case of Brown, about the only way they aren't getting a max deal, or at least within about 5% of one, is if either suffer a major injury between now and extension time. Let’s hope thats not the case.

Booker and Kyrie can absolutely co-exist as a back court, but they are gonna be woefully awful on defense. Booker needs the ball in his hands, but he's also an excellent shooter/scorer. The problem is Booker and Kyrie both like to score, and take the last shot. So it really does come down to whether or not you firmly believe Booker is willing to commit to defense.

A better trade would be Jaylen Brown+ T-Roz, and 2 first round picks.

Allows Smart to PG/SG as a sixth man, and allows Booker to have free space on the floor during the 1st and 2nd unit to ball handle.

I also forget Booker is only 21, and while his team isn't that good. He's already putting up similar numbers to Kyrie, and is only 0.2 APG behind Kyrie's.

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